Along with the development, automatic doors have become mature now. In the late 1920s, supermarkets began to appear in the US, so automatic doors were gradually used. In 1930, the Stanley was the first to introduce automatic door in the world. Twenty years later, automatic doors began to be used in buildings.
And then, Dorma, the first brand of automatic door in the world, brought hydraulic and air automatic doors into market in 1945. In 1962, electric automatic doors appeared, and with the development of cities, the field of automatic door technology is increasing year by year.
In the past, the speed of electric motor was so hard to control that hydraulic and air automatic doors were widely used. With the technological development, nowadays the electric control technology is mature, and electric automatic doors have gradually become the mainstream.
The development of automatic doors has provided different uses that are highly beneficial. Automatic doors give people with many uses that are basically needed by facilities and industries where automatic doors should be installed. Automatic doors eliminate the need to open and close the door manually. Also, automated doors can provide proper safety and security to a specific area.
The direction of the automatic door is clear and that is to provide and achieve all of the specific needs that people may have. Since the first development of automatic doors, the materials and advancement it gained is continuously evolving. This evolution is caused by the ever changing technology that can be applied to develop new and advanced automatic doors that are capable of surpassing the old models. The latest models are now used by many residential and commercial establishments.